2026-11-02 - School Committee
Summary
Built from the posted agenda only (an amended action sheet stamped October 29); no minutes or video posted yet, so outcomes are not recorded. The meeting is carried live on FATV.
- Scheduled: accept a $3,500,000 Career and Technical Educational Annex Grant Pilot Program award (No. 26-679), a washer and dryer donation from Fitchburg East Rotary (No. 26-673) and a $500 Rotary donation for the Goodrich Academy school store (No. 26-674).
- Also: MCAS and improvement plans for Reingold, Crocker and McKay; a first-quarter budget update; policy changes (rescind IJ-R, adopt IJLA-R, revise IJLA and IJL; see School Library Materials Policies); a communication on compensation for School Committee members; and an executive session on collective bargaining and litigation (the amended agenda lists none planned).
- The Student Support Subcommittee met at 5:00 PM the same day: 2026-11-02 - School Committee Student Support Subcommittee.
Agenda
MCAS and improvement plans; Q1 budget update; policy IJ-R rescind, IJLA-R adopt, IJLA and IJL revised; No. 26-673; No. 26-674; No. 26-679 CTE Annex Grant Pilot Program, $3,500,000; compensation for School Committee members; executive session (collective bargaining, litigation).
Policies: IJ-R, reconsideration of instructional resources (rescind); IJLA-R, library-materials reconsideration (adopt); IJLA and IJL library policies (revised). Donations: 26-673 washer and dryer, 26-674 $500 for the Goodrich Academy school store, both from Fitchburg East Rotary.